The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-18
Of the poets friends in Mss,schu'

atore Dv the people.
By MIR. Kelly pal: Appropristing
100000 TO promote the Colored Pep
pies Worlds Exhibition, to be held
at Birmingham, Ala, in September
next.
By Mr., Randall pa: For the sp-
pointment of commission to repre-
cent the United States Government in
the Constitutional Centennial Com
mission.
BY Mr.. Hemphill Is c.: To pre-
1 vide 70 an additional Justice OF the
Supreme Court Of the District Of Co.
lumbia.
BY NJ. Ballentine (Tenn): For the
construction of vessels OF war Of twenty
knots speed.
By Mr. T. j. Campbell IN. ": A
resolution authoriz ng the Secretary oil
the Treasury to ascertain the cost OF
suiiab g site for custom house ard
appraisers store in New York city,
and to that end to advertise for pro-
possls ia six leading newspapers in
that city, and no prop positions shall be
entert lined for a greater price for such
site than ST. ,000, 900, and he shall re.
port the result Of his inquiries to the
next Congress.
BY Mr.. Anderson (Kas.): Calling
upon the Attorney General for infor-
nation as to the legal authority under
which the directors OF the Union Pa.
ci6c Railroad Company consolidate
that company with the Kansas Pacific
railroad and the Denver Pacific Rail.
road Company and IeorganiZs the
same under the name OF Union Pacific
Railroad Company.
The call Of States having been con-
cluded, Mr.. Townshend en- called up
unfinished business the motion to
su- pend the rules and pass tie bill fol-
the protection of innocent purchasers
of patented articles. Mr.. Crisp (Ga J,
however, rs a matter Of privilege
called up the conference report on the
interest ate commerce bill. This action
on bis part aroused the antagonism OF
the friends of the patent bill and oil
the general pension bills, which were
booked to follow 1t, aud Mr.. Anderson
(Kss. J, raised the question tf consid
Grafton sgsinst the conference report
The House refused, yeas 1l3, nays
1877, to consider the int state COM
merce conference report and the
House proceeded to vote upon the
motion to suspend the rules and p asa
the bill to limit the jurisdiction OIL
United States Courts In patent cases
and to protect pers ms who, without
notice, are bona fide msnuiactnr srs
purchasers, vendors and users OF pat
ented articles The motion was lost
yeas, 80; nays, 1876,
Mr.. NJ ltson (Ind. J, on behalf OF the
Committee on Invalid Pensions
moved to suspend the rules and pass
the bill for the relief of dependent
parents and honorably discharged sol.
d!ers and sailors who are now dis.
sbled and dependent upon their own
abors for support. Mr.. Matson stated
that the first Be ction of the bill merely
changed tina evidence required by the
pension Office, and would not cost the
government more than $50 600 an
nually. Toe total number of persons
who would be benefited by the econd
section WAS estimated at 80, los, and
the annual cost tn the government
| WOu u uDb ISdCu pO,OOt,OOU.
Mr.. Warner 70 J, while not oppos-
Jog the bill, criticised it as departure
from the prlnCipl that pensions were
designed 10 be compensation for dis
ability. This bill was rather pauper
bill than a pension bill
Mr.. Morrill, (Kas), favored the bill
SO being a declaration that no old
solder who followed the a should
end his days in the poorhouse.
Mr.. Springer (Ill.) favored the bill
as fair and conservative measure.
the bill was then passed-yess, 179
nave, Sc.
1t provides that in considering the
pension claims Of dependent parents,
the fact and cause of death and the
fact that the soldier left no widow or
minor children having been shown as
req uired by law, it shall be necessary
only to show that such parent, are
without other present means of sup
port than their own manua, labor or
the Contributions Of Others not legally
bound for their support; provided
that no pension allowed under this act
shall commence prior to s passage
Section provides that all persona
who served three months or more in
the military or naval service of TIE
United States, in any war in which
the United States has been engaged,
and who are now, or who may here
after be suffering from mental or phys
icel dissb lity, not the result of their
own vicious habi or gross careless
ness, which incspscitates them for the
perform ance Of labor TO such dsgree
as to render them unable TO earn a
support, and who are dependent pom
their lsbors for support, shall, up IN
making due proof Of the fact according
to such rules and regulations as the
Secretary OF the Interior may provide
in pursuance of this act, be placed on
the list of invalid pensioners of the
United States, and be entitled 10 re.
ceive for such total inability to procure
their subsistence by daily labor, $l9
per month, and such pension shall
commence from the date OF the filing
OF the application in the Pension Of.
fee, upon proof that the disability
then existed, and continued during
the existence of the same in the degree
herein provided. This act shall not
apply to persons under political disa.
bilities or to any person whose disa
bility was incurred while engaged in
the military service against the United
S ates.
Mr.. Eldridge (Mich.), on behalf Of
the Committee on Pensions, moved
that the rules be suspended and the
House concur in the Senate amend.
ment to the Mexican pension bill.
Mr.. Bragg wis, in opposing the
bill because 1t proposed service pen
sion, gave his reasons for voting
against the bill which the House had
Just passed, which he thought should
be entitled bill "to pension the rub.
bish Of the army Of the United States,
and to revive the business Of claim
agents in Washington" 1t covered